The COVID-19 pandemic poses a major challenge for local, community-based LGBTQ arts organizations to adapt. Georgia Voice contacted several LGBTQ arts organizations that have received grants, which will help support them financially through the pandemic.
These include Out on Film, Voices of Note, and Atlanta Freedom Bands. Jim Farmer, the Director of Out On Film, explained the grants his organization received to help support it during the pandemic: “Out On Film has been approved for a $50,000 grant as part of the CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security) Act, which was approved by Congress for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to award to arts organizations across the country.